SALPA (salpae)

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

Irregular inflected form: salpae   

 Dictionary entry overview: What does salpa mean? 

• SALPA (noun)
  The noun SALPA has 1 sense:

1. minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end

  Familiarity information: SALPA used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• SALPA (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Minute floating marine tunicate having a transparent body with an opening at each end

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

salp; salpa

Hypernyms ("salpa" is a kind of...):

tunicate; urochord; urochordate (primitive marine animal having a saclike unsegmented body and a urochord that is conspicuous in the larva)

Holonyms ("salpa" is a member of...):

genus Salpa (type (perhaps sole) genus of the Salpidae)